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Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Last Minute Student Tickets

February 23 | 2010 Film Festival, HRWFF Opening Night, Last Train Home, News, Student Outreach Program | julie

HRWFF Campus Ticket Sales

Student tickets for the Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival are on sale for $5 at campus locations across the GTA.

For last minute orders, please e-mail any of the following student reps:
Humber College – Amy Rynsoever or Vanessa Richards – hrw.humbertickets@gmail.com
Ryerson Univerity – Jessica Holmes or Sachin Seth – humanrights@arts.ryerson.ca
University of Toronto — Jessika Berns – jessika.berns@utoronto.ca
York University – Amira Mohamed or Emile Wickham — filmfestivalyork@hotmail.com

The festival opens tomorrow evening with Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home.

Tickets are still available for the 6:30 screening at the Isabel Bader Theatre. Please call the TIFFG Box Office at 416-968-FILM or toll-free 1-877-968-FILM. Tickets can also be purchased online at tiff.net/cinematheque or in person at the theatre (night of show only).

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Video: Talking Stick TV Interview With Lisa F. Jackson

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February 21 | 2010 Film Festival, The Greatest Silence | julie

A lengthy radio interview with director Lisa F. Jackson, director of The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, for Talking Stick TV. Jackson discusses her own gang rape as a young woman living in Washington, DC. and how that influenced her relationships with the many women interviewed for the film.

Jackson was able to interview not only the victims of this silent war but also the perpetrators. Many of the problems began after the Rwandan civil war when Hutu militia crossed the border. It has since become a strategy of war. This is compounded by a culture of impunity where most of the rapes go unpunished.

The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo screens Tuesday, March 2nd, 9 PM at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, part of the 7th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

Buy your tickets to The Greatest Silence.

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Video: Congolese Soldiers And Rape

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February 14 | 2010 Film Festival, The Greatest Silence | julie

An excerpt from Lisa F. Jackson’s documentary film, The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, in which Congolese soldiers talk about the tribal motivations behind the systematic rape of female civilians in the Eastern Congo. For many, rape is a powerful magic, which makes them stronger in battle. Several of the soldiers confessed to raping more than 10 women but concluded that their actions were far less serious than those of Hutu militia living in the forests.

The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo screens Tuesday, March 2nd, 9 PM at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, part of the 7th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

Buy your tickets to The Greatest Silence.

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Video: Interview With Lisa F. Jackson, ‘The Greatest Silence’

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February 9 | 2010 Film Festival, The Greatest Silence | julie

Sundance Channel “Meet The Director” interview with Lisa F. Jackson, director of The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo.

The film’s website has an outreach page with a reading list for those who want to know more, links to organizations working in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where donations can be made, and a downloadable “how to help” one-pager.

The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo screens Tuesday, March 2nd, 9 PM at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, part of the 7th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

Buy your tickets to The Greatest Silence.

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Video: Vincent Lindon and Philippe Lioret Meet Students From Sciences Po

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February 8 | 2010 Film Festival, Welcome | julie

Actor Vincent Lindon and director Philippe Lioret present their film, Welcome, to students of the École des Sciences Politiques Lille or Sciences Po. The university, one of nine public institutes in France focused on political studies, trains a large number of the country’s diplomats and civil servants.

Welcome screens Saturday, February 27th, 9 PM at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, part of the 7th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

Buy your tickets here.